Lars Svensson
Leiter GND-Hauptredaktion at Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
Schlangenbad, Hesse, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolLars Svensson is a seasoned information and technology leader with over a decade of experience applying Semantic Web and linked data principles to library and national bibliographic systems. As Leiter GND-Hauptredaktion at the German National Library and former advisor and acting division head at Destatis, he blends project management with deep technical expertise in RDF modelling and information retrieval. He has a track record of turning complex library data into interoperable, discoverable assets and frequently speaks on the practical adoption of linked data in cultural institutions. Lars’s background spans hands-on Java development and IT management to strategic systems architecture, giving him both implementation chops and policy-level perspective. Based in Schlangenbad, Germany, he pairs academic training (M.A., Ph.D. studies) with decades of institutional knowledge—often surfacing subtle metadata improvements that unlock large-scale reuse and integration.
10 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
M.A., Ph.D., M.A., Ph.D. at Johannes Gutenberg University MainzMaster of Arts (M.A.), Master of Arts (M.A.) at Humboldt-Universität zu BerlinGöteborgs Högre SamskolaUniversity of Gothenburg
English, Swedish, French
Github Skills (90)
vocabulary10
webapi10
workitem10
rest9
negotiation9
specification9
oas9
openapi9
core-package9
content-negotiation9
querying9
catalog8
triple8
metadata8
swagger8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
larsgsvensson/Server.Java
Jun 2018 - Apr 2019
A Triple Pattern Fragments server for Java
Contributions:2 PRs, 9 pushes, 1 branch in 9 months
jsinteropjava-bytecodetriplejarjava8
ProfileNegotiation/I-D-Profile-Negotiation
Nov 2018 - Aug 2023
Internet-Draft: Indicating and Negotiating Profiles in HTTP
Contributions:15 PRs, 31 pushes, 11 branches in 4 years 9 months
internet-draftinternetcontent-negotiationrfc
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